About Laura
Laura Bourne is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing anxiety, stress and related concerns. She works with adults and young people on issues such as depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, grief, sleep difficulties and low self esteem. Laura also helps with anger, intimacy-related worries, coping with life changes and ADHD related challenges.
Her style is warm and non-judgemental. Sessions aim to be practical and straightforward.
Background and approach
Laura listens for how a person’s history shapes current difficulties and then agrees on small, manageable steps together. She trained initially in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and has since developed a broader toolkit. That allows her to draw on attachment ideas, psychodynamic thinking and solution-focused techniques when these suit the person’s needs.
Laura describes her approach as flexible and tailored to each person rather than one-size-fits-all. Laura is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is listed with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, NCPS. She has five years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns and presentations.
People who work with Laura can expect clear aims, regular check-ins about progress and practical strategies to try between sessions. She encourages open conversation about what helps and what does not, and adapts plans as work progresses.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people who notice recurring trust or closeness issues by looking at past and present relationship dynamics and how they affect feelings now. Client-centred counselling places the person’s experience at the centre of sessions. The counsellor listens with curiosity, reflects what is said and helps clients find their own solutions and ways forward.Choosing the right approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. Together they will try methods and adapt them if something does not fit, keeping the client involved in decisions about the process.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer written reflection or who want flexible, ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, study and family life while keeping the focus on practical steps and emotional change.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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